Retired - Breezy Bay Necklace

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The pastel colors of the faceted glass beads in this unique wire-wrapped pendant call to mind bits of weathered, smooth sea glass picked up on a beach one summer vacation, a long time ago.

Instructions

Cut five pieces of the antiqued copper curb chain; one at five links long, two at four links long, and two at three links long. Set these aside.

Cut five pieces of silver color 24 gauge wire at one and a half feet long each. Use each piece of wire to create a wire-wrapped cap on each of the five aqua glass briolettes.

Use the small, oval antiqued brass jump rings to connect each of the five wire wrapped briolettes to each of the five pieces of antiqued copper curb chain. Set these dangles aside.

Cut a piece of silver colored 12 gauge aluminum wire at four inches long. Wrap the aluminum wire around the ring mandrel, right around the widest point of the mandrel.

Using the widest point of your round nose pliers, gently bend the two ends or the wire down and away from the center, until the end meets back up with the round part of the wire, creating two large loops.

Cut about eight feet of the 24 gauge antiqued brass wire. Anchor the end of the brass wire around the aluminum wire, just underneath one of the large loops.

Tightly and closely wrap the brass wire all the way around the aluminum wire shape, until it reaches the loop on the other side.

After you have wrapped on the final 4mm bead, wire wrap onto the aluminum form, the five pieces of antiqued copper chain with the briolette dangles, staring with the shortest, with the longest in the center. (See photograph)

Finish wrapping the other half of the aluminum shape with five more 4mm green opal faceted round beads. Anchor the brass wire onto the aluminum form, just under the other large loop.

Cut a piece of antiqued brass rolo chain at roughly twenty seven inches long. Affix a 5.25mm antiqued brass jump ring to each end of the rolo chain.

Open two large, twisted antique brass jump rings. Use one to attach the small jump ring at one end of the rolo chain to the large loop on one side of the wire wrapped pendant, and use the other one to attach the other end of the rolo chain to the other large loop on the wire wrapped pendant. Close both jump rings once again.

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